It’s been said that London is more a state of mind than a city. Orion crime author Robert Wilson lets us in on the pull of being a Londoner, not just for those who live there, but for Charlie Boxer, his brilliant yet conflicted hero.

‘He who tires of London . . .’ We all know the Dr Johnson quote, well, those of us who live between Leytonstone and Wimbledon, or Canning Town and Wembley. London is very much in the blood of Charlie Boxer’s creator, too, who grew up in the capital.

We’ve all been there. We’re fifteen, and we hate our parents. They’re mean, they don’t love us and we’d be better off moving in with a mate/sneaking onto a plane to France. But our parents probably weren’t highly trained in finding and saving people, giving the running away deal a particularly special thrill . . .